Musk poisons poor Black families near his xAI Memphis plant: Mapping the Environmental Racism

‘How come I can’t breathe?': Musk’s data company draws a backlash in Memphis

The company’s turbines run without emission controls in an area that leads Tennessee in asthma hospitalizations... The company has no Clean Air Act permits. In just 11 months since the company arrived in Memphis, xAI has become one of Shelby County’s largest emitters of smog-producing nitrogen oxides... The plant is in an area whose air is already considered unhealthy due to smog. - Politico

Where is Musk's xAI plant? What are the demographics of local residents? What is Environmental Racism? Follow this StoryMap to see how billionaires can boos their profits with political donations that get laws bent while local residents are poisoned with toxic fumes.

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Largest emitters of smog-producing nitrogen oxides

In just 11 months since the company arrived in Memphis, xAI has become one of Shelby County’s largest emitters of smog-producing nitrogen oxides. According to calculations by environmental groups whose data has been reviewed by POLITICO’s E&E News. The plant is in an area whose air is already considered unhealthy due to smog. - Politico

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